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Originally Posted by gregjones
Merino is the first and best of the "technical fabrics"---it built the wealth of Spain. Man has yet to make anything better. The Icebreaker tees are 150 wt. and work fine in hot weather or warm work environments. I have a merino cycling jersey that is at least as heavy as the 200 wt. base layers. I wore it just over 70 miles in the last week, as a test. Tonight I gave it to my female roommate (she could smell a mouse fart in a hurricane) and said I didn't know if this is the one I just washed or not. She stuck her nose in it and declared it "Good to go, I can't smell any funk in it"!!! Proof positive of the odor resistance of merino fabrics.
A technical fabric is one made specifically for function vice aesthetics, like kevlar or a fire resistant suit.
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